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Newport Harbor (Goat Island)
State: RI
Year established: 1823
Latitude: 41 deg 29
min 36 sec N
Longitude: 71 deg 19
min 37 sec W
Height above sea level: 33 feet Original construction:
25-foot stone tower Rebuilds:
 1842: new breakwater built with present 29-foot tower at its end
1851: original tower moved to Prudence Island
1864: new keepers house attached to lighthouse
Status:
electrified in 1922; automated in 1963
Light characteristic:
fixed green light visible for 11 nautical miles
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/newportharbor/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/goat.htm
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 56-58
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 126
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